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PRESS RELEASE
January 3, 2006

EXHIBITION: Arbor: An Exhibition to Benefit Armenia Tree Project
DATES: January 11-February 4
RECEPTION: Saturday, January 14, 4-6pm
HOURS: Tuesday-Saturday 11am-5pm

WATERTOWN, MA--Inaugurating the New Year, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art is hosting “Arbor,” an exhibition to benefit Armenia Tree Project (ATP). An opening reception with the artists will be held on Saturday, January 14 from 4:00 to 6:00 pm. The gallery is located at 14 Newbury Street, Third Floor, Boston. The exhibit will run from January 11 through February 4, and the gallery hours are Tuesday through Saturday from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Fourteen artists will show images of trees, nature’s avatar of beauty, endurance, and regeneration. The paintings on exhibit include: fantasy landscapes by Gail Boyajian, combining myth, allegory, and personal history; Linda Darling’s scientific dissections of bonsai plantings; and Peter Edlund’s hyper-realist images inspired by the photos of Ansel Adams.

Among the photographs on view are: “Western Paper Birch, Washington” by Barbara Bosworth from her series “National Champions, and David Armstrong’s romantic soft-focus rumination “Trees, Postdam.” Gerry Bergstein, Judy Blotnick, Sam Cady, Bob Ferrandini, Sheila Gallagher, Alison Moritsugu, Shelburne Thurber, Hazel Walker, and Michael Wetzel have also graciously lent their works to the show.

Now in its 11th year, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art (www.judygoldmanfineart.com) continues its mission to exhibit the works of emerging and established contemporary American artists. Featuring paintings, works on paper, photographs, sculpture, and ceramics, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art exhibitions have been cited and reviewed in the Boston Globe, Art in America, Art News, Art New England, Art on Paper, and the Boston Phoenix. Having sponsored over 60 exhibits, Judy Ann Goldman Fine Art has generously offered to contribute a portion of the exhibit’s proceeds to Armenia Tree Project.

ATP was founded in 1994 with the vision of securing Armenia’s future by protecting its environment and restoring its degraded forests. ATP advances Armenia’s socio-economic development by mobilizing resources to fund large-scale reforestation, community-based tree planting, environmental education and advocacy, and rural development through job creation. ATP uses trees to improve the standard of living of Armenians, promoting self-sufficiency and aiding those with fewest resources first.

In just over 11 years, ATP has planted and rejuvenated over 750,000 trees at more than 500 sites in Armenia. With the establishment of the new Mirak Family Reforestation nursery in Margahovit and expansion of the Backyard Nursery program, ATP hopes to plant over 1.5 million trees in 2006.

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